WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) is one of six senators seeking to reduce veteran suicide by making the dedicated crisis hotline easier to access. Boozman joined Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Jon Tester (D-MT) as the lead Republican sponsor of the Suicide Prevention by Eliminating Excessive Digits Act of 2019 (SPEED) Act, which requires the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to designate a three-digit di  more

WASHINGTON, July 5 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following weekly column: We've just celebrated America's 243rd birthday, so it's fitting that the Senate recently passed the annual authorization bill that helps ensure our nation's military is able to perform a fundamental role prescribed by the Constitution - providing for the common defense. For the last 58 years consecutively, Congress has approved the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which authorizes funding and prov  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following weekly column: A retired Colonel in the Arkansas National Guard recently shared his frustration with missing the signs of mental health struggles among a former soldier under his command. Similar tragedies are happening daily across the country, but veterans - who represent about eight percent of Arkansas's population -are particularly vulnerable. Sadly, they account for about 20 percent of suicides in our state. This is   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tom Cotton applauded President Trump's announcement that he has nominated Lee Rudofsky to be District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Senator Cotton recommended Rudofsky to President Trump for this important appointment. "Lee Rudofsky is an outstanding choice to serve as district court judge. Lee is an exceptionally qualified attorney and has served honorably as the Solicitor General   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following statement on Iran's announcement that it is violating the limits on its stockpile of low enriched uranium permitted by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action: "Iran has abandoned even the pretense that its nuclear program is meant for peace. "Iran's ayatollahs are using the threat of nuclear enrichment to extort America into restoring the terrible deal that enriched Iran's military and proxies while imposing zero conseque  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Marco Rubio (R-Florida) sent a letter to President Trump after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed that Iran is in violation of restrictions on stockpiling enriched uranium specified in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The letter calls on the president to counter Iran's violation by increasing pressure on Iran's n  more